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Civic career - How did Leeuwenhoek support himself and his family?

• Student - articles about Leeuwenhoek's formal and informal education - what he had to learn in order to pursue his civic and scientific careers. Much of this, especially the lens grinding and the metal working, will be inferential because there is hardly any documented information.

• Merchant - articles about Leeuwenhoek's career as a draper. Again, not much is documented.

• Court official - articles about Leeuwenhoek's career as official (kamerbewaarder) of Delft's magistrates court, including his service as curator.

• Vermeer chronology - documented events related to Leeuwenhoek's assignment as curator of Vermeer's widow's estate.

• City inspector - articles about Leeuwenhoek's career as inspector of imported and exported liquids (wijnroeier).